When the great Indian reformer, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, was going to England in 1831 he saw the flag of France waving on a French ship. The flag of France had three colours. The Sepoy mutiny in 1857, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, sowed the seeds of freedoms in Indians. read more
While no one faulted the waving of Indian flags, we had waved enough British flags when out colonial masters came visiting, including on honeymoon trips, many “other” Trinidadians were disturbed at the attitude of separateness that the “Indians” of Trinidad showed. read more